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121 - 122, Upper Street, N1 1QP

P2026/1607/FULFull planning permissionApproved
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Approved on 24 August 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof of the existing buildings.

Submitted
13 July 2026
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at 121 - 122, Upper Street, N1 1QP. Islington has handled 679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 4,099 applications in total for the N1 postcode area.

90% of full planning permission applications at London Borough of Islington were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
N1 1QP
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Upper Street (North)
  • Listed building: Grade II: Post OfficeOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Block A,B,D,F (Site 1), Islington Square, 116 Upper Street (Former North London Mail Cent…Register site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Islington

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